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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced today (November 5) future dates for the league’s baseball championship. The league has agreed to award the 2011 Southern Conference Baseball Championship to the city of Charleston, S.C., and the 2012 and 2013 events to Greenville, S.C.

“As a conference, we are thrilled to have two outstanding host sites for our future baseball tournaments that have both proven their ability to host high-quality, fan-friendly events,” said Southern Conference Commissioner John Iamarino. “Charleston has done a great job in hosting the tournament throughout the past two decades, and our student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans were very positive about the experience in Greenville in 2009. We look forward to the continued growth and success of these events in the future.”

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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 5th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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A three-game home series with SEC member Alabama, road games at South Carolina and North Carolina, and 30 Southern Conference contests highlight the College of Charleston’s 2010 baseball schedule.

"We are excited about our 2010 schedule," said second-year Cougar coach Monte Lee. "We have a three-game home series with SEC powerhouse Alabama, which has never happened here, along with non-conference games with South Carolina, North Carolina, Coastal Carolina and UNC Wilmington.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNC Greensboro will play 54 regular season games, including 19 of its first 21 games in the friendly confines of the UNCG Baseball Stadium as head coach Mike Gaski announced the 2010 baseball schedule on Monday afternoon.

The Spartans will open the season with a weekend series at home against Cleveland State on Feb. 19-21 before traveling to Chapel Hill, N.C. to take on returning College World Series participant North Carolina on Feb. 23 in the Spartans’ first midweek contest.

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BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University baseball holds its annual Fall World Series this weekend at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium. First-pitch times for the three-game, intrasquad series are set for 3 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The games are open to the public and admission is free.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Thirty three home games, including five contests at Greenville’s Fluor Field and clashes against Clemson, South Carolina, and Georgia highlight Furman’s 2010 baseball schedule, which was released today by Paladin head coach Ron Smith.

Furman will open the season on Friday, Feb. 19 when it entertains Michigan State at Fluor Field in a 4:00 p.m. game. The next day the Paladins face Miami University, also a Fluor Field, before wrapping up a challenging first weekend at Clemson on Sunday, Feb. 21.

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The College of Charleston baseball team will host its annual Fall World Series this weekend at Patriots Point Stadium. 

Charleston, which is led by second-year head coach Monte Lee, finished 35-22 last season.  The Cougars return last season’s Southern Conference Player of the Year Joey Bergman.  Bergman hit .452 with 15 homers and 57 runs batted in.  Other returnees include DH Ryan Daniels (.363, 10 hr, 64 RBI) and former Wando standout CF Cole Rakar (.317, 12 hr, 46 RBI). 

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BOONE, N.C. — Twenty-seven home games highlight Appalachian State University’s 2010 baseball schedule, head coach Chris Pollard announced on Wednesday.

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Many schools have started up fall ball over the last few days including CWS contender Florida State who is trying to make it farther then the Super Regionals this season. You can check out the the full list below.

UNC-Greensboro kicks off Fall Practice

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Head coach Mike Gaski and the UNC Greensboro baseball team recently kicked off fall practice as the Spartans start looking ahead towards the 2010 campaign in the spring.

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Bethune-Cookman has released its tentative 2010 schedule.  BCU will begin the campaign by taking part in the MLB Urban Classic Tournament (Feb. 19-21) with games against UCLA, Loyola Marymount, and Southern.  From there, the team will travel to Jacksonville (Feb. 23) for a mid-week contest before visiting Lubbock, Texas, for a double round robin tournament with Texas Tech and Washington State (Feb. 26-28).

BCU will then face off against Stetson (March 2) and Jacksonville (March 3) at home before heading to Troy (March 5-7) for a weekend series.  Before opening conference play at Florida A&M (March 20-21), Bethune-Cookman will have home games against Wagner (March 9-10, March 12), USF (March 14), VCU (March 14), and Stetson (March 16).

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STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Baseball, the defending Southern Conference Tournament champion, will play 34 games at J.I. Clements Stadium in 2010. Head coach Rodney Hennon announced the schedule on Friday (Sept. 11). Last year marked the 12th time in program history Georgia Southern advanced to the NCAA Regionals (#2 seed at Fullerton Regional).

The Eagles (42-17 overall, 20-8 SoCon last year) open the season playing 14 of their first 16 games at home, starting February 19-21 against Tennessee Tech. The series against the Golden Eagles is one of six GS will play against teams that qualified for the 2009 NCAA Regionals (Georgia Tech, Clemson, South Carolina, Elon and Jacksonville).

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Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Baseball team will welcome back former Bulldog Zach Brown as a volunteer assistant coach. Brown, a 2007 graduate, returns to The Citadel after a two and half year stint in the minor leagues with the San Diego Padres organization.

“We are excited for his return in our volunteer coaching position,” said Head Coach Fred Jordan. “Zach will be a great asset in all areas, especially with defensive work at first base.”

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